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Iceland battles a lava flow: Countries have built barriers and tried explosives in the past, but it's hard to stop molten rock

  • Written by Loÿc Vanderkluysen, Associate Professor of Earth Science, Drexel University
imageLava flows from a fissure near Grindavik, Iceland, on Jan. 14, 2024. Iceland Department of Civil Protection

Fountains of lava erupted from the Sundhnúkur volcanic system in southwest Iceland on Jan. 14, 2024. As the world watched on webcams and social media, lava flows cut off roads and bubbled from a new fissure that invaded the outskirts...

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